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Comstock Metals announced on 22 September that its solar-panel recycling system in Silver Springs, Nevada, had moved to continuous 24-hour, seven-day operations, advancing from equipment integration and commissioning into continuous production. One line is designed to process up to approximately 100,000 tonnes, or around 3.3 million end-of-life modules, annually while separating aluminium, glass and silicon- and metal-bearing materials under a zero-landfill model. The 100,000-tonne figure is rated design capacity rather than current output, and the company remains in the process of ramping production in line with customer volumes.

NorthStar Clean Energy announced on 21 September that construction of its 120 MW Hart solar project in Oceana County, Michigan, had been completed, with the project entering commercial operation in 2026. The facility is expected to generate more than 200 GWh annually and supplies public-sector, school and municipal-related customers under long-term power purchase arrangements. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 8 October, but this is a subsequent event and does not change the project’s current completed and operating status.

Renalfa IPP has completed the repowering and hybridisation of the Devnya solar plant in northeastern Bulgaria, expanding the facility from 5 MWp to 65 MWp and adding a co-located 60 MW/165 MWh battery system. The original plant has operated since 2011, while Solarpro Bulgaria managed the project and delivered the EPC scope for the upgrade. The work therefore represents approximately 60 MWp of incremental solar capacity rather than a new standalone 65 MWp plant; the upgraded hybrid asset is complete, with future returns dependent on market participation, storage dispatch and utilisation.